Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 432 475
Rank change year-on-year -120 +43 +45
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 72 80 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 2.35% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 25 27
10th Percentile £213 £428 £206
25th Percentile £450 £500 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £380
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +44.74% -9.52%
75th Percentile £616 £613 £463
90th Percentile £725 - £548
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £380
% change year-on-year +4.55% +44.93% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +52.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,303 3,404 4,164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.25% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,605 2,100 2,576
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £401 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £503
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.24% +0.65%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 170 279
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -10.91%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -62 29 £600 +11.63% 19
North of England -49 25 £595 -0.83% 4
North West -22 21 £608 +1.33% 3
Midlands -44 9 £225 -59.09% 3
West Midlands -50 9 £225 -59.09% 2
South East -84 4 £500 -9.09% 4
Yorkshire - 4 £400 - 1
South West -43 3 £583 +1.30%
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.28%) Azure
2 7 (9.72%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 6 (8.33%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub
5 1 (1.39%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (66.67%) Firewall
2 40 (55.56%) NX-OS
3 36 (50.00%) BGP
4 28 (38.89%) WAN
5 26 (36.11%) VLAN
6 22 (30.56%) DNS
6 22 (30.56%) OSPF
6 22 (30.56%) Wireless
7 20 (27.78%) DHCP
8 15 (20.83%) NAS
8 15 (20.83%) SAN
8 15 (20.83%) SD-WAN
8 15 (20.83%) Structured Cabling
8 15 (20.83%) VPN
9 12 (16.67%) IOS XR
10 11 (15.28%) LAN
11 10 (13.89%) Network Security
12 9 (12.50%) Ethernet
12 9 (12.50%) TCP/IP
12 9 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 7 (9.72%) Git
2 3 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.39%) GitLab
3 1 (1.39%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 34 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Finance
4 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.17%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.78%) Police
6 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.39%) Legal
7 1 (1.39%) Publishing
7 1 (1.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (61.11%) Network Engineer
2 18 (25.00%) Architect
3 11 (15.28%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (13.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 10 (13.89%) Senior
5 8 (11.11%) Automation Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (9.72%) Technical Architect
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 6 (8.33%) Help Desk Technician
7 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 6 (8.33%) Support Technician
8 5 (6.94%) Network Architect
9 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) Deployment Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) Network Security Engineer
10 2 (2.78%) Security Architect
10 2 (2.78%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Jinja
2 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.39%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.39%) REST
3 1 (1.39%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (43.06%) Data Centre
2 9 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 6 (8.33%) Smartphone
4 2 (2.78%) CMDB
4 2 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.39%) Life Science
5 1 (1.39%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.39%) SCADA
5 1 (1.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.50%) Windows
2 7 (9.72%) Android
3 5 (6.94%) Linux
4 2 (2.78%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.39%) CentOS
5 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.78%) ITSM
2 15 (20.83%) Network Segmentation
3 11 (15.28%) Mentoring
4 10 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (13.89%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (12.50%) Migration
6 8 (11.11%) Change Management
6 8 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 8 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
7 7 (9.72%) Asset Management
7 7 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
7 7 (9.72%) Performance Management
8 6 (8.33%) Agile
8 6 (8.33%) AI
8 6 (8.33%) Analytics
8 6 (8.33%) Customer Experience
8 6 (8.33%) DevOps
8 6 (8.33%) ITIL
8 6 (8.33%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) Python
2 2 (2.78%) Perl
2 2 (2.78%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (48.61%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (44.44%) CCNP
3 23 (31.94%) Security Cleared
4 19 (26.39%) SC Cleared
5 18 (25.00%) CCNA
6 14 (19.44%) Network+ Certification
6 14 (19.44%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (9.72%) CCIE
7 7 (9.72%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) NIST
3 1 (1.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (9.72%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.56%) vSphere
4 2 (2.78%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (25.00%) Ansible
2 7 (9.72%) Terraform
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (8.33%) SCCM
4 4 (5.56%) FortiGate
5 3 (4.17%) Nagios
6 2 (2.78%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (1.39%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 72 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (29.17%) Fortinet
3 16 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 13 (18.06%) Palo Alto
5 12 (16.67%) Arista
6 11 (15.28%) Juniper
7 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
8 8 (11.11%) VMware
9 7 (9.72%) F5
10 6 (8.33%) Canon
11 5 (6.94%) Meraki
12 3 (4.17%) NetScout
12 3 (4.17%) SevOne
12 3 (4.17%) SolarWinds
13 2 (2.78%) CheckPoint
13 2 (2.78%) FireEye
13 2 (2.78%) McAfee
13 2 (2.78%) Splunk
13 2 (2.78%) Zscaler
14 1 (1.39%) Rockwell